Man slashed aboard LIRR train; Mayor Adams faces lawsuit

In this edition of Eyewitness News Extra Time, we have breaking details on a slashing aboard an LIRR train at the Locust Manor station in Queens. A witness told us that it started when the victim asked a man blocking the train door to move out of the way so he could get on. After he sat down, he was slashed in the face. The victim was taken to Jamaica Hospital. Meanwhile, New York City Mayor Eric Adams is now sued for sexual assault. A woman who first leveled a claim against him in November has now filed papers for an incident she says happened more than 30 years ago. The accusations in the lawsuit are graphic. The woman says the mayor exposed himself to her and demanded she perform a sex act on him in a car. The allegations date back to 1993 when Adams served as an NYPD officer and president of the Police Guardians Association, which the woman also named in the suit. She claims the incident occurred after she approached the mayor and asked for help with a workplace issue. She first filed the sexual assault claim at the end of last year before the deadline for the Adult Survivors Act. Back then the mayor denied the accusations and said he did not know her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices